Copying Cursive From The Far Point

It is so much fun to show you our class hard at work. Here we are starting our 8 pragraph paper on "How We Feel Before, During, and After our Auditions and Interviews". This paper's Final Draft will be due Friday, Oct. 10.

Here we are copying the first "Introduction" paragraph from the far point. This is a very difficult skill for those who are not used to reading or writing in cursive. We sometimes need accommodations or helpful hints to become more successful at this skill.

Some accommodations are:

• Moving closer with a clip board
• Getting a photo copy when you are unable to copy fast enough.
• Learning to hold two or more words or a phrase in your head while you write and then looking up again once those words are copied
• Always stopping at the same point like at the end of the visual line
• Saying the word(s) in your head until you get them to paper
• Rereading what you write to eliminate the double starts or the missed words when your brain is working faster than your hand

All of these things are common for all students not only students with Dyslexic Tendencies.

We work through our strengths and our weaknesses. We all can improve and can learn to copy from the far point.

We are all getting better at cursive!

Thursday Night's Curriculum Night

Thank you to the six families that came to the Curriculum Night. I appreciate your support.

For the 22 families who were unable to attend, I have placed a copy of the Curriculum Night Power Point Presentation in your child's mailbox. It should clear up any questions you have about the expectations of 5th graders in our state, district, and our classroom.

Other items to watch for:

• October's Homework Calendar
• Math for the Month
• Handouts should be in each subject area of your child's notebook. Have them work on them as needed and as they pertain to the Homework Calendar and their planner.

PLEASE, if your child has nothing written in his or her planner, have a chat. Ask the student what he or she was doing when my planner was under the document camera and their planner was supposed to be filled in ?

If there is a category in the notebook that is missing handouts under it, ask why?
Thank you.

This is a "SHOW ME" class. PLEASE, tell you child to show you the homework check it over, and help edit their words if they do not make sense. This is very helpful to them, so that they see the importance of rereading what they write. If it does not make sense to them-it won't make sense to others.

Thank you for all your help. They are 28 and I am one. Come in anytime you desire to help-any day of the week.

Thank you once again!
Sincerely,
Gracie Johnston

Happy Birthday!

Fernando is another year older. Happy Birthday!

PTA Cookie Dough Sale Started Friday

The money goes to PTA and helps all students at Lincoln Elementary School

• It helps subsidize the cost of field trips
• Classroom Art Projects for the Art Auction
• Assemblies like the author we just had visit our school on Thursday

and many more great things at our school.

Thank you for participating.

Playground Landforms Science 5th Grade Groups

Creating Models of our School Playground is fun.

Monday only students who were done with their LA were able to participate in Science. Today more students were involved. Some were still working on their LA from two weeks ago. Incentive to get your homework done.

More Science Team Photos

Models of our Playground from memory.

We have time in science to enjoy creating the landforms of our playground. For some of us recess on the playground at Lincoln has been the best part of our days at school for the last six to seven years. Immortalizing it in a model is great science and great fun.

Great Teamwork!

Here is Abi's drawing of the playground from memory.

Science with Ms. Warren's 6th Graders

What a creative class.

Science is fun.

Models of the School Playground are being formed in Science Landforms Class with Mrs. Johnston. We are journaling the playground from memory, then trying to recreate a model of what we remember. Once that is finished we are laying a grid over the aerial view and creating a map of the model. Look at what we were able to do in an hour on Friday.

What a detailed drawing Abi.